Galileo Galilei

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http://galileo.rice.edu/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/galileo/

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  • Was part of big letter-writing correspondence between philosopher-scientists of the time
  • Lived during Inquisition, the big ferreting out of heretics that aimed to reform the Catholic church
  • Lived near Pisa and Florence, two of the foremost Renaissance cities of the time